This game tries to be way more intelligent than it actually is. I finished Mission 5 now, an quite honestly, i dread the thought of running through the next retro office hallway, hurling objects against the same 5 enemies and collect a bunch of notes and nideos, before getting summoned to a time intensive side mission where i have to kill the same 5 enemies over and over again. The game is so obsessed with its oh so mysterious atmosphere and story that the gameplay itself becomes an aftertaught. Combat is overly simplistic. It never quite explains its crafting mechanisms, and for all the powers you actually get, you can never do anything interesting with them. Game world and atmosphere wise, Control seems to take inspiration from Prey 2017, but never quite catches what made that game so interesting: The freedom it gives the player while exploring and how to take on enemies and obstacles. Maybe i watch the rest of the game in a longplay , but gameplay wise this is just such a bore that i cannot be bothered to finish it.
